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History by: Historical Ice Axes Blog
- Jose Manuel Sanchez Sanchez Albert Rakovsky was a mountaineering equipment manufacturer and the owner of a sports shop in Vienna, Austria. Its registered trademark is A. Rakovsky. He was also an inventor of ski equipment and mountain equipment. - "Ski pole basket" with priority date 1931-17-11 (patent CH167830) - "Climbing carabiner" with priority date 1934-04-21 (patent AT142261) - "Ski binding" with a priority date of 1935-02-07 (patent AT145539) For ski fixing and ski pole basket. Engineer Andreas Hans Peyerl is co-inventor, writer of Skispringer und ihre Schanzen, 1949. Albert Rakovsky is mentioned in the "Equipment Section" of the Canadian Ski Yearbook, 1939.The article is written by H. Bruce Carnall, Staff Editor. Rakovsky emigrated to Montreal at the beginning of the Second World War. |
Albert Rakovsky mfg mark on a Rakovsky ice axe.
What I am interested in is this mfg mark that shows the word Austria and Vienna. It is mentioned that Albert's Registered mark is A.Rakovsky. On the ice axe mark, the letter "R" of Rakovsky, in the top left corner of the "R" has a little tail sticking out.
I have a ice ring piton that for 20+ years I could not figure out who the mfg was even though there was a hint of info to work with. There is a obvious letter "A" followed by a period and then a capital "R", and that "R" has that tail sticking out. A possible letter "A" follows the "R" then a possible straight line which may be the vertical line of the letter "K". The rest of the word is 99% unreadable. |
A. Rakovsky - Ice Piton
- Vienna, Austria
- c.1930s
- Vienna, Austria
- c.1930s
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Something to ponder:
Since other manufacturers created products for Fritsch & Cie. I wonder if Albert Rakovsky was involved with the Fritsch & Cie Zurich ice piton? On the Fritsch & Cie, the ring is smaller and the hammer end of the ice piton is elongated. But the rest of the ice piton follows same in comparison with the Albert Rakovsky ice piton. Three holes on the blade and the tip is exactly the same with a hourglass concave. The Fritsch & Cie blade goes flat from the first hole to the hammer end. The Albert Rakovsky ice piton stays in hourglass shape the entirety of the piton blade from tip to hammer end.
Fritsch in the 1930s and into mid 1940s was Fritsch & Co. I believe in mid 1940s Fritsch & Co changed to Fritsch & Cie. So the Fritsch three hole ice piton shown is from the 1940s, but still can be a Albert Rakovsky creation.
Since other manufacturers created products for Fritsch & Cie. I wonder if Albert Rakovsky was involved with the Fritsch & Cie Zurich ice piton? On the Fritsch & Cie, the ring is smaller and the hammer end of the ice piton is elongated. But the rest of the ice piton follows same in comparison with the Albert Rakovsky ice piton. Three holes on the blade and the tip is exactly the same with a hourglass concave. The Fritsch & Cie blade goes flat from the first hole to the hammer end. The Albert Rakovsky ice piton stays in hourglass shape the entirety of the piton blade from tip to hammer end.
Fritsch in the 1930s and into mid 1940s was Fritsch & Co. I believe in mid 1940s Fritsch & Co changed to Fritsch & Cie. So the Fritsch three hole ice piton shown is from the 1940s, but still can be a Albert Rakovsky creation.
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